India’s Trade Deficit with Partner Countries Widens Despite Export Gains
Why is it in news? Relevance Facts & Data — Trade Deficit with FTA Partners Sectoral Performance Geography-wise Trends Policy Context Significance
A Pathway to Cut Fossil-Based Imports and Build a Bio-Economy
Why is it in news? Relevance Facts & Data — What are Biomaterials? Why Biomaterials Matter for India ? Where India Stands — Sector Snapshot? Risks & Constraints ? Way Forward — Action Priorities
Centre’s tobacco tax rejig to take effect from Feb. 1
Why in News ? Relevance Conceptual Foundations What Has Changed — Policy Moves from 1 Feb 2025 Implications — Economy, Health, Governance Analytical Perspectives Prelims-Ready Pointers Way Forward
What is the India-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement
Why in News ? Relevance GS-III | Economy, Trade, Infrastructure GS-II | International Relations & Economic Diplomacy From Basics — Strategic Context Key Features of the India–New Zealand FTA Sensitive-Sector Safeguards Relevance to Global Value Chains (GVCs) Strategic Significance Criticisms & Risks Way Forward
Venezuela’s resource curse
Why in news ? Relevance Basics — what is the “resource curse”? Venezuela’s oil economy — structure & vulnerabilities From boom to bust — economic trajectory with data Role of U.S. sanctions — scale & effects Internal drivers of the resource curse Trade position collapse — export share evidence Why other OPEC states fared better […]
Health for All vs Ground Reality
Why in news ? Relevance India’s health challenges — facts & evidence Funding deficit — what changed and why it matters ? Why AMR is a cause for worry (public-health and economic risk) Why India missed the TB elimination goal? Pharma-quality failures — why they are alarming ? Is ‘Health for All’ on track? — […]
India’s renewed tilt toward coal power despite cheaper renewable options
Why is it in News? Relevance India’s Power Mix & Transition Goals Tension line: Rising demand + reliability concerns → states reverting to coal for baseload security. Why States Prefer Coal Despite Higher Tariffs? 1. Baseload & Reliability Advantage 2. Battery-Storage Constraints 3. Discom Incentives & Risk Aversion 4. Curtailment of Renewables Economic Signals Emerging Strategic […]
Why manufacturing has lagged in India ?
Why is it in news? Relevance Key Facts & Data Dutch Disease Critical Interpretation of the Argument Technology & Wage Question Structural Bottlenecks Beyond Wages Policy Implications
Telangana likely to get five more Geographical Indication (GI) tags soon
Why is it in news? Relevance Telangana GI Ecosystem Sectoral Significance of the Proposed GI Tags Takeaways
How India’s Exports Are Concentrated in a Few States
Why is it in News? Relevance Core Export Concentration: Rising Geographic Concentration (HHI Evidence) Global Context: Why Convergence Is Failing ? Shrinking Global Trade Window Shift from Volume to Value Economic Complexity Trap Export Growth ≠ Employment Growth Capital Deepening Evidence Manufacturing Employment Stagnation Capital Bias & Wage Compression Spatial Stickiness of New-Age Exports Financial […]